Emperors in the Jungle The Hidden History of the U. S. in Panama

Name: Emperors in the Jungle The Hidden History of the U. S. in Panama
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ISBN: 9780822330981

ISBN-10: 0822330989

ISBN-13: 9780822330981

Edition: 2003

Authors: John Lindsay-Poland, Guillermo Castro

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This is an expose of key episodes in the United States' military involvement in Panama. The text reveals how US ideas about taming tropical jungles and people shaped more than a century of intervention and environmental engineering in a small, strategically located nation.

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 2/11/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 0.24" wide x 0.35" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



A Platform for Control: Interventions and Army Doctors, 1856-1925



"Test Tube Island"



The Nuclear Canal



Playing the Drug Card



The Politics of Environmental Cover-Up



Market Mania



Continuity and Change in the Military's Vision


Afterword: Knowing Ourselves / Exhortation to Read a Friendly Text



Notes


Index